Survey Experiment - RGK Center for Philanthropy and Community
... approaches get at the micro-foundations of state behavior, actors are still by and large understood to be self-interested maximizers of material utility.4 These approaches all typically see logics of consequences as the primary animating logic of decision. Another theoretical approach—constructivis ...
... approaches get at the micro-foundations of state behavior, actors are still by and large understood to be self-interested maximizers of material utility.4 These approaches all typically see logics of consequences as the primary animating logic of decision. Another theoretical approach—constructivis ...
Rapporteurs Report - Jabatan Meteorologi Malaysia
... warming. Based on the projections of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), it has been concluded that the climate will be warmer in the future independent of the scenario assumed. However, the degree of the warming, particularly during the latter half of the century, is determined by ...
... warming. Based on the projections of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), it has been concluded that the climate will be warmer in the future independent of the scenario assumed. However, the degree of the warming, particularly during the latter half of the century, is determined by ...
Sea levels: change and variability during warm intervals Robin Edwards* Progress report
... analysis predicts highstands should be found along the Tunisian coast, and that strong spatial gradients of around 4 m exist in this area. Clearly, as Pirazzoli (2005) concludes, increased collaboration between modellers and field scientists in this region has great potential. 3 Instrumental changes ...
... analysis predicts highstands should be found along the Tunisian coast, and that strong spatial gradients of around 4 m exist in this area. Clearly, as Pirazzoli (2005) concludes, increased collaboration between modellers and field scientists in this region has great potential. 3 Instrumental changes ...
rosenberg_stormwater_cc_jan10 - UW Hydro
... estimates of the distributions of extreme magnitudes instead of, for example, the number of exceedances of a fixed threshold. Relatively few such approaches have been explored to date, with the exception of Fowler and Kilsby (2003), who used regional frequency analysis to determine changes in desig ...
... estimates of the distributions of extreme magnitudes instead of, for example, the number of exceedances of a fixed threshold. Relatively few such approaches have been explored to date, with the exception of Fowler and Kilsby (2003), who used regional frequency analysis to determine changes in desig ...
Climate Justice in Rural Southeastern United States: A Review of
... The racial and ethnic make-up of the region’s inhabitants is variable throughout the Southeastern U.S., with overall higher percentages of Caucasians, followed by African Americans and then Latinos/Hispanics. Caucasians comprise anywhere from 53% (Georgia) to 92% (West Virginia) of the population in ...
... The racial and ethnic make-up of the region’s inhabitants is variable throughout the Southeastern U.S., with overall higher percentages of Caucasians, followed by African Americans and then Latinos/Hispanics. Caucasians comprise anywhere from 53% (Georgia) to 92% (West Virginia) of the population in ...
Sea-Level Rise Estimates for New Brunswick Municipalities
... high end, it is less than projected in the 2001 IPCC Third Assessment (range up to 0.88 m), but still represents more than three times the rise observed during the 20th century. Furthermore, these estimates exclude the effects of any future acceleration in the flow rates of glaciers draining the Gre ...
... high end, it is less than projected in the 2001 IPCC Third Assessment (range up to 0.88 m), but still represents more than three times the rise observed during the 20th century. Furthermore, these estimates exclude the effects of any future acceleration in the flow rates of glaciers draining the Gre ...
Template
... The threats from climate change demand a range of responses that may be broadly classified as mitigation and adaptation strategies. Mitigation refers to the reduction of climate change impacts via broad scale behaviour change. Mitigation strategies principally rely on impacts of climate change being ...
... The threats from climate change demand a range of responses that may be broadly classified as mitigation and adaptation strategies. Mitigation refers to the reduction of climate change impacts via broad scale behaviour change. Mitigation strategies principally rely on impacts of climate change being ...
The impact of climate change and weather on transport - MOWE-IT
... bulk of the models. Although some extreme contrary climate change scenarios exist, they are not likely and they too are surrounded with large uncertainties. We therefore assume that the general direction of climate change as predicted by most climate models across the globe is accurate. Note that we ...
... bulk of the models. Although some extreme contrary climate change scenarios exist, they are not likely and they too are surrounded with large uncertainties. We therefore assume that the general direction of climate change as predicted by most climate models across the globe is accurate. Note that we ...
The Economics of Climate Change in the Caribbean
... Table 7.3: Socio-economic importance of travel and tourism in the Caribbean ..................................... 111 Table 7.4: Impact of temperature and precipitation on transport expenditure, A2 and B2 (2008 US$ million) ............................................................................ ...
... Table 7.3: Socio-economic importance of travel and tourism in the Caribbean ..................................... 111 Table 7.4: Impact of temperature and precipitation on transport expenditure, A2 and B2 (2008 US$ million) ............................................................................ ...
Dominant climatic factors driving annual runoff changes at the
... Two steps were taken for the validation of the climate elasticity method, namely validating Eq. (7) and validating Eq. (9). A catchment in a humid region with observed data for annual precipitation, annual potential evaporation, and annual runoff from 1956 to 2000 was chosen to validate Eq. (7), nam ...
... Two steps were taken for the validation of the climate elasticity method, namely validating Eq. (7) and validating Eq. (9). A catchment in a humid region with observed data for annual precipitation, annual potential evaporation, and annual runoff from 1956 to 2000 was chosen to validate Eq. (7), nam ...
Accessing and Using Climate Data and Information in Fragile, Data
... humidity, precipitation (a general term that includes rain, snow, sleet and hail), and wind. Weather conditions tend to be organized into distinct features known as weather systems. Weather systems are patterns of weather that can vary in duration and spatial extent. They can be very localized and s ...
... humidity, precipitation (a general term that includes rain, snow, sleet and hail), and wind. Weather conditions tend to be organized into distinct features known as weather systems. Weather systems are patterns of weather that can vary in duration and spatial extent. They can be very localized and s ...
1 WEATHER AND CLIMATE SERVICE DELIVERY IN THE LAKE
... manage the risks brought about by climate variability and change. Second, while we have achieved a relatively greater confidence in the global and continental scale aspects of climate change, we have still a long way to go in providing reliable regional details. In the ...
... manage the risks brought about by climate variability and change. Second, while we have achieved a relatively greater confidence in the global and continental scale aspects of climate change, we have still a long way to go in providing reliable regional details. In the ...
IOSR Journal Of Humanities And Social Science (IOSR-JHSS)
... world's population on 2.4% of world's total area has greatly increased the pressure on its natural resources (Huma Mustafa Beg; 2008). Water shortages, soil exhaustion and erosion, deforestation, air and water pollution afflicts many areas. ...
... world's population on 2.4% of world's total area has greatly increased the pressure on its natural resources (Huma Mustafa Beg; 2008). Water shortages, soil exhaustion and erosion, deforestation, air and water pollution afflicts many areas. ...
Full-Text PDF
... desertification that is taking place in some areas. One attribute used to monitor and assess ecosystem services is annual above ground primary production. Vegetation productivity has been estimated by using NDVI time series data [2–4]. Additionally, long term NDVI times series have been used to anal ...
... desertification that is taking place in some areas. One attribute used to monitor and assess ecosystem services is annual above ground primary production. Vegetation productivity has been estimated by using NDVI time series data [2–4]. Additionally, long term NDVI times series have been used to anal ...
Different characteristics of cold day and cold surge frequency over
... PARK ET AL.: CHANGE IN COLD DAY AND COLD SURGE Table 1. Description of the Coupled Global Climate Models Used in This Study ...
... PARK ET AL.: CHANGE IN COLD DAY AND COLD SURGE Table 1. Description of the Coupled Global Climate Models Used in This Study ...
Entire Report - Center for Climate and Energy
... have shifted their distributions in the past in response to changing climates; however, estimates of the rate of warming suggest that it may occur relatively quickly, some 10 times faster than the warming at the end of the recent glacial maximum, for example. It is not known whether species will be ...
... have shifted their distributions in the past in response to changing climates; however, estimates of the rate of warming suggest that it may occur relatively quickly, some 10 times faster than the warming at the end of the recent glacial maximum, for example. It is not known whether species will be ...
Ecological footprint, climate change and cities
... There is a lot of discussion on climate change today. Although the public receives from time to time ambiguous information, the Fourth Report on climate change prepared by more than 600 scientists from the whole world (1) is unambiguous in its conclusions. Major part of global increase of average te ...
... There is a lot of discussion on climate change today. Although the public receives from time to time ambiguous information, the Fourth Report on climate change prepared by more than 600 scientists from the whole world (1) is unambiguous in its conclusions. Major part of global increase of average te ...
Vulnerability of national economies to the impacts of climate change
... exposure does not account for the specific dynamics of local systems that result in differences between rates of atmospheric warming and surface water heat uptake. However, we note that for the United Kingdom the projected spatial pattern of annual surface warming is similar to the SST warming patte ...
... exposure does not account for the specific dynamics of local systems that result in differences between rates of atmospheric warming and surface water heat uptake. However, we note that for the United Kingdom the projected spatial pattern of annual surface warming is similar to the SST warming patte ...
Global Climate Risk Index 2015
... People all over the world have to face the reality of climate variability and in many parts of the world an increasing variability. Between 1994 and 2013, more than 530,000 people died worldwide and losses of USD 2.17 trillion (in PPP) were inflicted as a direct result of over 15,000 extreme weather ...
... People all over the world have to face the reality of climate variability and in many parts of the world an increasing variability. Between 1994 and 2013, more than 530,000 people died worldwide and losses of USD 2.17 trillion (in PPP) were inflicted as a direct result of over 15,000 extreme weather ...
A Critical Analysis of the Kyoto Protocol using Monte Carlo
... In order to counter this absorption an equivalent flux must necessarily be emitted back in to space as infrared radiation of considerably longer wavelength than the predominantly visible and ultraviolet light from the sun. While effectively transparent to incoming solar radiation GHGs absorb and re- ...
... In order to counter this absorption an equivalent flux must necessarily be emitted back in to space as infrared radiation of considerably longer wavelength than the predominantly visible and ultraviolet light from the sun. While effectively transparent to incoming solar radiation GHGs absorb and re- ...
The Northern Edge Study Guide: Climate Change
... Sara: I had a good meeting with Bob Bromley at Ecology North. He said some very interesting things. Jim: What did he say? Sara: He said that in the past the weather was very predictable. Our Elders and hunters knew where to go to harvest what they needed and they knew how to get there safely. This i ...
... Sara: I had a good meeting with Bob Bromley at Ecology North. He said some very interesting things. Jim: What did he say? Sara: He said that in the past the weather was very predictable. Our Elders and hunters knew where to go to harvest what they needed and they knew how to get there safely. This i ...
Full text in PDF - What is Climate
... “climate” was used for more then two thousand years. As soon as meteorology, as a scientific discipline, had been established in the 18th Century, “climate” was e.g. explained as the total sum of the meteorological phenomena that characterizes the average condition of the atmosphere in a certain pla ...
... “climate” was used for more then two thousand years. As soon as meteorology, as a scientific discipline, had been established in the 18th Century, “climate” was e.g. explained as the total sum of the meteorological phenomena that characterizes the average condition of the atmosphere in a certain pla ...
2012 2013 FINAL CICS Annual Report
... lies in the choice of the metric used to measure distance and the corresponding weight given to the observations and the prior estimate, and in the choice of which fields or parameters are allowed to be adjusted in order to produce the final estimate. Modern methods generally allow the error fields ...
... lies in the choice of the metric used to measure distance and the corresponding weight given to the observations and the prior estimate, and in the choice of which fields or parameters are allowed to be adjusted in order to produce the final estimate. Modern methods generally allow the error fields ...
Instrumental temperature record
The instrumental temperature record shows fluctuations of the temperature of earth's climate system. Initially the instrumental temperature record only documented land and sea surface temperature, but in recent decades instruments have also begun recording ocean temperature. Data is collected from thousands of meteorological stations around the globe and through satellite observations. The longest-running temperature record is the Central England temperature data series, that starts in 1659. The longest-running quasi-global record starts in 1850.